你
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you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])
- HSK 3.0
- Level 1
- Old HSK
- Level 1
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 人 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 你
- Common rank
- #1,765
- Unicode
- U+4F60
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
you · Heisig RSH #799
人 person + hiccup
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 你
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 你们 | you (plural) | |
| 有人想你 | Bless you! (after a sneeze) | |
| 你走你的阳关道，我过我的独木桥 | lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom); fig. you go your way, I'll … | |
| 真有你的 | You're really quite something!; You're just amazing! | |
| 你真行 | you're incredible (often an ironic expression of vexation, but can also express approbatio… | |
| 给你点颜色看看 | (I'll) teach you a lesson; put you in your place | |
| 你个头 | (coll.) my ass!; yeah, right! (used to mock a claim sb just made, as in 專家你個頭|专家你个头[zhuan1… | |
| 拿你没办法 | don't know what to do with you (used to express mild exasperation) | |
| 你死我活 | lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries; two parties cannot coexist | |
| 什么风把你吹来的 | What brings you here? (idiom) | |
| 关你屁事 | (coll.) None of your goddamn business!; Mind your own business! | |
| 去你的 | Get along with you! | |
| 非你莫属 | it's yours exclusively (idiom); you are the one; only you deserve it; only you can do it | |
| 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 干你娘 | (Tw) (vulgar) fuck you! (literally, "fuck your mother") | |
| 走你 | (neologism c. 2012) (interjection of encouragement) Let’s do this!; Come on, you can do th… | |
| 你情我愿 | to both be willing; mutual consent | |
| 你看着办吧 | You figure it out for yourself.; Do as you please. | |
| 迷你剧 | miniseries | |
| 日你妈 | see 肏你媽|肏你妈[cao4 ni3 ma1] |